Feeding Program Employee
Training Jan. 4
GETTYSBURG (Adams Co.)
Mason Dixon Farms will host
a session on training dairy feed
ing employees Thursday, Jan. 4.
Area dairy managers are en
couraged to enroll their employ
ees responsible for feeding
management. The session is co
ordinated by the Capitol Region
Dairy Extension Team.
The morning session begins
with registration at 9:30 a.m.
The program will begin at 10
a.m.
During the morning session,
Dr. Jud Heinrichs, Penn State
Dairy and Animal Science; Vir
ginia Ishler, Penn State program
assistant, and Tim Beck, Capitol
Region Dairy Program coordi
nator will discuss using dry
matter, visual appraisal, and pH
to evaluate silage samples.
Lab activities will include pro
cedures to test dry matter and
what to look for when visually
appraising a sample. Calcula
tions to adjust rations using
these measurements will be re
viewed.
The afternoon program will
look at particle size and the ef
fects of mixing time on particle
size of finished TMRs. Partici
pants will tour the bunkers and
feeding system at Mason Dixon
Farms. Doyle Waybright will
discuss the farm’s management
system and answer questions
about the farm operation.
The session will conclude with
a demonstration of Excel
spreadsheets to record dry
matter history, milk production,
and feed costs, and a spread
sheet to recalculate TMR mix
sheets. An optional tour of
Mason Dixon Farms will be con
ducted at the conclusion of the
session.
Directions to Mason Dixon
Farms: Take Rt. 15 south of
Gettysburg to the last exit before
the Maryland line. Exit at
Steinwehr Avenue and cross the
bridge heading east on
Steinwehr Avenue. Take an im-
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mediate left onto Bullfrog Road.
Follow Bullfrog Road 13/<l 3 /< miles
to Mason Dixon Road. Take a
left on Mason Dixon Road and
go a few hundred yards to the
Visitor’s Center located on the
south side of Mason Dixon
Road.
Cost for the training, includ
ing the lunch fee, is $35 per par
ticipant. The session is limited to
the first 25 people who apply. To
register for the training, call the
Penn State Cooperative Exten
sion customer service desk at the
York County office, (717) 840-
7408. You may also fax your
registration to (717) 755-5968 or
e-mail to Tim Beck at
(tbeck@psu.edu). Register by
Dec. 29 so adequate materials
may be prepared for the ses
sions.
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CARLISLE (Cumberland
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being offered to teach farmers
important fmaifcial concepts
that will help them make better
farm management decisions.
This two-day, hands-on com
puter workshop should be of
particular interest to farmers,
spouses, bookkeepers and any
business associates who are in
volved in keeping farm produc
tion and financial records.
This workshop, offered by
Penn State Cooperative Exten
sion, is Jan. 3-4 at the Cumber
land County Extension Office in
Carlisle from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Cost is $4O (lunch not in
cluded). Advanced registration
is required and can be made by
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